It has been observed that Category List Layout when set for any menu for any category with articles under the it, does not show the article title/link printed on the page Solution : 1. Login to Joomla Admin 2. Navigate to Menus -> menu_name 3. Hit the Menu Item which is set as Category List […]
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Error! Could not find an XML setup file in the package
Question : I get this error message when attempting to install a template. “Error! Could not find an XML setup file in the package” Answer : This means that the template package you are trying to install is corrupt or is having the actual template installer inside the package along with other extensions supporting the […]
How to remove menu items from Joomla Site’s Menu
Follow the steps below : 1. Login to Joomla Admin 2. Navigate to Menus -> menu_name 3. Select the Menu Items you wish the HIDE or REMOVE 4. Click ‘UNPUBLISH’ button to HIDE it temporarily OR Click ‘TRASH’ button to REMOVE it permanently You are done
How to Unistall extension in Joomla
To Uninstall extension Login to Joomla Admin > Extensions > Install / Uninstall > Select from the tabs * Components * Modules * Plugins * Languages * Templates Select the extension you wish to uninstall and Press ‘Uninstall’ button to top right hand side
Joomla SEF URL issue
Issue : When I set Search Engine Friendly URLs to “YES” and Use Apache mod_rewrite to “NO” in Global Configuration, URLs look like this with an index.php in the URL: http://domainame.com/index.php/mylink.html If I turn Use Apache mod_rewrite to YES, the URLs look correct, but give 404 pages. http://domainame.com/mylink.html Solution : Rename htaccess.txt file to .htaccess […]
How to enable SSL from Joomla Admin
To enable SSL from Joomla Admin Follow the Steps below : 1. Login to Joomla Admin 2. Global Configuration 3. Server > Server Settings > Force SSL = None If you do not have SSL Setup for your Site. Enabling the above setting will throw following error for the site (net::ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT): The operation timed out
How to Add Submenus to Joomla Menus
Follow the steps to Add Submenu to Joomla Menus 1. Login to Joomla Admin 2. Navigate to Menus -> menu_name 3. Hit ‘New’ icon to create New Submenu 4. Select Menu Item Type (eg Articles – >Article Layout) 5. Add Title of the Menu 6. Select the Menu from ‘Parent Item’ under which you want […]
JAuthentication::__construct: Could not load authentication libraries
It may happen that you try to login to Joomla Admin and you get following error The following error is displayed. * JAuthentication::__construct: Could not load authentication libraries. * Username and password do not match The error occurs when you inadvertently disable the plugin “Authentication – Joomla” assuming it was for the front-end authentication. This […]
How to Link Internal Pages in Joomla
JCE (Joomla Content Editors) – Is perhaps one of the the best article editor I have ever seen. It’s better to download and use JCE as the default editor of Joomla. Login to Joomla Admin Go to Article Manager – and click on the “New” button to create a new article. Type a good article […]
How to link Joomla site’s menu to external pages
Login to Joomla Admin > Navigate to Menus -> menu_name -> New External Link Add the Title Provide the “Link” eg www.google.com Save (Video Coming Soon)